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madisonensis vol xiv hamilton n v october 29 1881 no 8 oar exp3n333 are iarga and we are in need of money to meet them we hope our subscribers kbaav this in mind anil gladly respond to our oal ith the decision rendered at the last chapel de bate disapproving of the marking system we are in hearty sympathy it was rendered we understand not merely on the merits of the debate but also as an expression of the just repugnance with which the boys in general regard this abominably unjust and despotic system it was a throb of the college pulse an outburst of righteous indignation in the col lege even among those who need concern themselves least about marks there is at present a sentiment growing which we hope will some day in the near future assart itself in demanding the complete re moval of tins unendurable nuisance as for our selves we have sworn eternal enmity against all forms of that mathematical manipulation which presumes to measure our mental worth with fives and zeros conscientiously persuaded that no other feature of our college machinery except the prize system is so productive of evil and injustice we shall embrace every opportunity to voice our senti ments upon this subject we have ventured to call the system a nuisance we mean it the language is none too strong having already spent over three years under this oppressive yoke and had ample opportunity to ob serve its workings and fruits we deem ourselves sufficiently qualified to pass judgment upon its worth or rather worthlessness the system does possess perhaps a few redeeming features in the way of goading the indolent to activity but the evils and unfairness resulting from it are far in the excess a system that undertakes to measure a man's ability or knowledge by his daily recitations and which undermines the manhood of young men as this un questionably does by leading them almost irresisti bly to the practice of deceit falsehood and dishon esty thereby deadening their moral and religious in stincts cannot be too severely condemned even if it does produce good results in other directions it is not our purpose to enter into details which would be startling nor to array the arguments which may easily be produced on this side of the question this task we reserve till some future time we have aim ed simply to state our convictions arising out of careful and we trust not unintelligent observation after the manner of cato and with our heart burn ing with righteous hatred we conclude by saying the marking system delenda eat it is said that every american youth expects to become president and we persume that every fresh man when he enters college expects to be valadicto rian of his class this is an american characteris tic and when properly confined a very laudable one there is a vast difference however between the ambition to be the best man in the class and that of receiving the highest marks on the profess or's book one is the ambition to qualify one's self to go forth from college with the broadest knowl edge and best trained mind to be the fullest man the greatest soul the other is basely selfish it dwarfs the mind and degrades the soul which it should ennoble its dominant idea is not to excel in worth but in fame it craves the oatward sym bols of excellence at the expense of its real sub stance jished alternate saturdays at madison university by the senior class terms tear in advance 1.so before jan 1st otherwise 1.75 single copies 10 cents remittances and all business letters should be sent to e d w ets treasurer box 349 hamilton n y nmunications should be addressed editoks madisonensis ilton madison co n y tra copies can bo had at the bookstores and at the treasurer's editors . allen p w colegkove f s fulton i matteson h h parey e d w pettets

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madisonensis vol xiv hamilton n v october 29 1881 no 8 oar exp3n333 are iarga and we are in need of money to meet them we hope our subscribers kbaav this in mind anil gladly respond to our oal ith the decision rendered at the last chapel de bate disapproving of the marking system we are in hearty sympathy it was rendered we understand not merely on the merits of the debate but also as an expression of the just repugnance with which the boys in general regard this abominably unjust and despotic system it was a throb of the college pulse an outburst of righteous indignation in the col lege even among those who need concern themselves least about marks there is at present a sentiment growing which we hope will some day in the near future assart itself in demanding the complete re moval of tins unendurable nuisance as for our selves we have sworn eternal enmity against all forms of that mathematical manipulation which presumes to measure our mental worth with fives and zeros conscientiously persuaded that no other feature of our college machinery except the prize system is so productive of evil and injustice we shall embrace every opportunity to voice our senti ments upon this subject we have ventured to call the system a nuisance we mean it the language is none too strong having already spent over three years under this oppressive yoke and had ample opportunity to ob serve its workings and fruits we deem ourselves sufficiently qualified to pass judgment upon its worth or rather worthlessness the system does possess perhaps a few redeeming features in the way of goading the indolent to activity but the evils and unfairness resulting from it are far in the excess a system that undertakes to measure a man's ability or knowledge by his daily recitations and which undermines the manhood of young men as this un questionably does by leading them almost irresisti bly to the practice of deceit falsehood and dishon esty thereby deadening their moral and religious in stincts cannot be too severely condemned even if it does produce good results in other directions it is not our purpose to enter into details which would be startling nor to array the arguments which may easily be produced on this side of the question this task we reserve till some future time we have aim ed simply to state our convictions arising out of careful and we trust not unintelligent observation after the manner of cato and with our heart burn ing with righteous hatred we conclude by saying the marking system delenda eat it is said that every american youth expects to become president and we persume that every fresh man when he enters college expects to be valadicto rian of his class this is an american characteris tic and when properly confined a very laudable one there is a vast difference however between the ambition to be the best man in the class and that of receiving the highest marks on the profess or's book one is the ambition to qualify one's self to go forth from college with the broadest knowl edge and best trained mind to be the fullest man the greatest soul the other is basely selfish it dwarfs the mind and degrades the soul which it should ennoble its dominant idea is not to excel in worth but in fame it craves the oatward sym bols of excellence at the expense of its real sub stance jished alternate saturdays at madison university by the senior class terms tear in advance 1.so before jan 1st otherwise 1.75 single copies 10 cents remittances and all business letters should be sent to e d w ets treasurer box 349 hamilton n y nmunications should be addressed editoks madisonensis ilton madison co n y tra copies can bo had at the bookstores and at the treasurer's editors . allen p w colegkove f s fulton i matteson h h parey e d w pettets